I have tried the prompt "What happens on the night of the Super Moon that can never be spoken of again?
Miller used to live happily with his wife. They had money and property, and their prosperity grew from year to year in the past. But as the saying goes, you never know when and how misfortune can hit someone. Their wealth diminished as slowly as it had increased, and in the end, Miller had hardly the right to call himself rich. He had to sell all his property, which he once owned so proudly. He was going through very distressing times and felt very sad at night when he went into bed after work.
One morning, he got up before dawn and went out for a morning walk. He was sensing the fresh air on his body while passing through the lake. He was feeling calm and relieved. As he passed his old factory building and reached the lake, the first rays of the sun were beginning to break. He heard a sound from the lake. He turned around and saw a beautiful woman rising slowly from the middle of the water. Her long wet hair, which she had brushed back delicately over her shoulders, hung down on both sides and covered her body gracefully with a dazzling brightness.
He was surprised and terrified at the same time, as he thought this was the famous undine of the lake. He was so terrified that he could not decide whether he should stay or run away. But the mermaid raised her sweet voice and called his name, then asked him, "Why are you so sad."
Miller was silent at first, but after hearing her speak so graciously, he took courage and told her, "I am no more a rich person than I used to be once." He further added, "He was now so poor and didn't know how to manage his family."
The mermaid heard his story and replied, "Don't worry," replied the undine, "I will make you richer and happier than you had been before, but you must tell me about what has just been born in your house and pass it on to me."
Miller didn't have any ideas, so he said, "It must be a dog or cat, but I am not sure," said Miller in a low voice. But he made a promise and said he would tell her about it. The mermaid plunged back into the water, and she quickly returned, consoled and full of joy.
He had not yet arrived back home when his helper came out of the house and shouted, "Congrats master, your wife has just given birth to a boy." Miller stood as if struck by thunder. He clearly felt the mischievous smile Undine had on her face. She must have known what was happening in his household.
As he approached his wife's bedside, she asked, "Why aren't you looking happy at our son's birth?"
Miller slowly told her what had happened to him at the lake and the promise he had made to the undine. "What use is prosperity and wealth to me, he added, if we have to lose our child?" But there was no going back now. Even their parents and neighbors, who had come to congratulate them, saw no way out.
However, happiness returned to the miller's house. Whatever he did in his business, he achieved it successfully. Miller felt as if all the boxes and coffers were filling up automatically, and the money was multiplying in his vaults.
After a short time, he found himself richer than ever. But he didn't feel happy in his heart. The promise he had made to the mermaid gave him pain. Each time he passed near the pond, he was afraid to see her rise to the surface and remind him of his debt. Miller wouldn't let the child come near the water.
He would always tell his son, "Never go near the lake or touch the water; if you ever touch it, a hand will come out of it and grab you and drag you to the bottom of the lake." However, the years passed but the undine never reappeared.
The child had grown into a young man and was placed in a school. When he had taken his lessons and had become a skillful man, the city mayor asked him to join the city service. Soon, the young man found a beautiful and honest young girl whom he married, and they lived together in a small house, loving each other. Soon they will celebrate their first wedding anniversary.
This was a supermoon night when the young man was returning from his work when he saw a deer emerge from the forest into the plain. He took out his gun from his pocket and chased that deer in the forest, as he wanted to hunt it down. He followed it and soon shot it down to the ground. He did not notice that he was very close to the lake. Once he had shot the animal down and cleaned it, he went to wash his bloodstained hands in the water. But hardly had he dipped them when the mermaid came out from the bottom, hugged him, smiled, and dragged him in her wet arms and into the water quickly.
Miller now felt what this supermoon night had taken away from him. Could he ever forget or speak about such a fateful night in his life again?**